Christian claims police detained him for two
hours after purchasing a $349 Ferragamo belt at an NYC location back in April.

Phillips alleges officers
harassed her after buying a $2500 handbag in February.

Both are suing Barneys for
racial discrimination.

Jay, who has received extreme
backlash for not severing ties with the company, explained in his post that he
is still personally looking into the findings of ongoing investigations.

He has even been in contact with the New York State Attorney
general's office over the matter.

But while
the investigations are still ongoing, Jay feels that having a leadership role
at the company is important for helping Barneys move in the right direction in
the future.

"While I await the findings of the Attorney General’s
Office, I have agreed to move forward with the launch of BNY SCC collection
under the condition that I have a leadership role and seat on a council
specifically convened to deal with the issue of racial profiling," he said.

"The easy position would have been to walk away
and leave policy making to others hoping that someone addresses the problem. I
will not leave the outcome to others. I will take this into my own hands with
full power to recommend, review and revise policies and guidelines moving
forward. I am choosing to take this head on."

Also,
it's apparently a really, really good thing for the "99 Problems" rapper's
charity, The Shawn Carter Foundation, which is set to nab a large chunk of
sales. And, it seems, Barneys just upped the ante.

"From this collection, the Foundation will receive not
only 25% of sales, it will now receive the additional 75% of Barneys’ sales,
totalling 100% of all sales from BNY SCC," Jay said.

"Along with 100% of sales from the collaboration, the
Foundation will receive an additional 10% of all retail sales from Barneys New
York stores nationwide and Barneys.com on November 20th."

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